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The new case has been detected in Leeds after the infected person travelled from Uganda.
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Doctor Mike Blabin tells the BBC the sector is desperately underfunded despite facing huge demand.
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About 300 million people have access to some form of assisted dying - what are the policies of other countries?
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Improving standards is the aim, but licensing costs could mean tattoos become more expensive.
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Dame Esther says she thought she would be "long gone" by the time MPs debated assisted dying.
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For the first time in nearly a decade, MPs will debate and vote on the issue of assisted suicide.
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The strategy may cover areas such as mental health, suicide prevention, heart disease and stroke.
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Lord Cameron previously opposed assisted dying but says the current bill "is about shortening death".
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Around two million asthma and COPD attacks each year could be treated with the drug, a study suggests.
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The government wants to create a smoke-free generation, and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes.
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Judges will consider a legal challenge which could affect how women and trans people are treated.
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As she prepares for IVF treatment, Hannah Newby says the region's provision is "a mess".
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Bhattacharya was the face of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued shutdowns were causing more harm than good.
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Watchdog warns target of 1.5m more treatments unlikely to be hit as calls grow for major reform.
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About 300 million people have access to some form of assisted dying - what are the policies of other countries?
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Single women or female couples now account for one in six of all fertility treatments in the UK.
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Jane Rubens' family say they faced accepting her return to the UK or having her insurance cancelled.
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Humberside Police has received 411 reports of assaults and abuse towards GP staff over five years.
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BBC journalist Hazel Martin was told she had liver fibrosis and must go teetotal or she could die.
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Labour's cabinet remains divided on how to vote on Friday's bill to legalise assisted dying.
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Kennedy's plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry.
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A toxic row has engulfed the NHS, say ministers. So why have doctors turned on physician associates?
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Simone White died in Laos after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol.
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Travellers are being warned of the dangers after six tourists in Laos died from methanol poisoning.
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Holly Bowles died in hospital more than a week after first falling ill in a Laos tourist town.
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The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.
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The 28-year-old lawyer becomes the fifth person to die from suspected methanol poisoning.
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A faulty batch of Yaz Plus means some packs contain only four active pills rendering them ineffective.
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Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".
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Scientists are mapping out the 37 trillion cells of the human body and changing what we thought we knew
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Sodium oxybate can offer temporary relief, in a similar way to drinking alcohol, a trial suggests.
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BBC Scotland's political editor was diagnosed with an incurable cancer after having a seizure.
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Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson.
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Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson.
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Aaron Morris, 31, died following a crash in County Durham in 2022, but could have been saved.
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A doctor who represents 300 GP practices says many would be forced to cut back on staffing or close.
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The health secretary says fears over physician associates need looking at, but laments nature of debate.
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A law change is needed after three babies die after being given contaminated feed, a coroner says.
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The presenter's partner says she has made an "enormous leap forward" as he thanked well-wishers.
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The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
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Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.
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Kathleen Alexandra Warmington is struck off for making "inappropriate comments".
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A person in California has tested positive for the emerging strain, which can cause a more serious illness.
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The TV presenter has a colloid cyst, which is not cancerous but could cause problems if it grows.
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Patients awaiting some vascular operations in north Wales will need to travel to Stoke-on-Trent.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.
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Parents say they feel penalised by the high cost of formula, which cannot be discounted under the law.
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Fortifying bread and flour will help reduce neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.
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Pharmacists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reduce opening hours and stop home deliveries.
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